Fox Sees Record Regular-Season College Football Overnight Rating With Michigan State-Oregon

Fox drew a 4.0 overnight rating for Oregon’s 46-27 win over Michigan State on Saturday night, marking a record figure any regular-season college football game on the net. The 4.0 rating is up 111% from the net’s Week 2 primetime game last season, which saw West Virginia-Oklahoma draw a 1.9 overnight. ABC’s USC-Stanford game led all CFB telecasts this weekend with a 4.6 overnight, marking the net’s best 3:30pm ET window since ’12. Meanwhile, NBC drew a 3.0 overnight for Notre Dame’s 31-0 win over Michigan on Saturday night, which was the final scheduled game in the longtime rivalry. That figure is down 46% from a 5.6 overnight for the matchup last year on ESPN. The matchup also drew a 4.0 overnight in ’12 for a primetime slot on NBC.